For Australian Smelter
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At Last—Perhaps—
NC Iron Ore For Australian Smelter
Noumea, Nov. 2!
IT has been stated in the 1c Assembly that New Caledc interests have recently signei contract to supply the BHP, of A tralia, with 180,000 tons of iron < The contract has been negotia by a syndicate comprising Nickel Co., Maison Ballande Henri Lafieur.
The ore will be taken from Prc Southern New Caledonia, and far from the mines worked by Japanese before the War. Transj of the ore will be undertaken boats of the Nickel Co., wl usually go to Port Kembla to i up their cargoes of coal for smelters here. (This course has been urged years—but, although numerous vestigations have been made, n( ing has come of them).
Red or Pacific Chrome
The Governor of NC has recei from the Ministry of Colonies Paris the assurance that in the : Russian-French trade treaty (di tion 18 months only) 15,000 ton chrome will be imported f Russia instead of the 30,000 c templated. Efforts will be mad( cut even this figure.
This will be a shot in the arm the NC chrome industry from wl many workers were dismissed cently. (See December PIM, j; 71).